Bern — The Swiss Parliamentary Group for Tibet (SPGT) held its summer session meeting at the parliament building office in Bern on June 17, 2019, Monday afternoon. The meeting is a bi-annual event that gathers members of the SPGT.
RSF and NGO coalition demand Hong Kong bill threatening journalists to be withdrawn
Paris-based international press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF), along with 73 other NGOs, urges Hong Kong to abandon the bill that would allow China to extradite journalists and their sources.
Over one million people rally in Hong Kong over red-China extradition bill
Hong Kong — Over a million people have joined a mass protest, which is believed to be the biggest in three decades and second only to a demonstration in 1989 that drew 1.5 million people in support of the Tienanmen Square protests in China, against the extradition law that allows for suspects to be extradited to mainland China to face trial.
China's harassment of Tibetans living abroad increased: President Dr Sangay
Ottawa— In reaction to a question about increasing Chinese government harassment of Tibetans abroad, the Tibetan President Dr Lobsang Sangay said that protests against Tibetan President's appearances, were held around the world and a group in Canada, recently claiming to represent Canadian Tibetans, while spreading misinformation, most probably directed from China.
Tibetan solidarity with public rally at the U.S. Capitol remembering 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre
Washington DC — As commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre took place all around the world, victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted a public rally on the afternoon of 4 June on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 2019.
Canada’s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs invites Tibetan President to speak on Tibet
Ottawa — Canada’s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has invited President Dr Lobsang Sangay to participate in the committee’s hearing on Tibet on June 6, 2019.
Santa Fe declares “Friendship Day” btw Santa Fe Indian School, Sikyong & Tibetans
Santa Fe, New Mexico— Mayor of the city of Santa Fe, Alan Webber, has officially proclaimed 24 May 2019 as the “Friendship Between Santa Fe Indian School, Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, and Tibetan People Day.’’